Guinea broody on Infertile eggs- help?

[newlyweds]

I have 2 female guineas and one is sitting on a nest and I can't find the nest, and the eggs are infertile. How long will she sit? Should I try to find the nest, it's in thick brush. Or will she eventually give up?

 

[BYCforlife]

I have 2 female guineas and one is sitting on a nest and I can't find the nest, and the eggs are infertile. How long will she sit? Should I try to find the nest, it's in thick brush. Or will she eventually give up?

They will most likely try to sit on the eggs until they hatch, which they never will, of course. I think you should try to find her.

 

[newlyweds]

I am hoping when they go bad, she will stop. I can't find the nest, she is so sneaky and quite when sitting on them, they are in thick rose and dewberry hedges. I think my best bet is to try to catch her when she comes back to the coop. Just wanted to make sure she won't die trying to hatch those eggs.

 

[GlennLee]

I had one sitting on a nest and all but one egg was infertile. She rejected the keet which I had to rescue from being pecked to death - she was all about those eggs! I let her go an additional week just to make sure we didn't miss another hatching, then finally had to take the nest away from her. I really think she would have been on it until she died. She was all about sitting on those eggs. I hope you are able to find your hen. They usually aren't too far away from their roosting area, but they are VERY sneaky. Good luck.

 

[newlyweds]

Yes I am worried about that, I have only seen her off the nest every couple of days and I went out yesterday searching (again), she is so quiet, I can't seem to find where the nest it. I tried luring her with scratch, nothing, not a peep. Hoping I find her soon, coming for water and I'll put her in the coop or in a cage for a couple of days and hope that will be enough to break her.

 

[GlennLee]

They are very quiet while they are broody, but I did hear mine singing to her eggs. It was a bit later - not at the beginning. She was such a good egg mama - hardly ever got off that nest, but just didn't know what to do with that one keet. If more had hatched, I'm hoping she would have been okay. I'll have to watch her in the future. She's already starting another nest. Oh brother! Do you have a dog that could help flush her out? We've used our dog on leash to do that when we can't find them. Just a thought. It causes a lot of anxiety when they go off on their own. Unfortunately, they usually end up taken by a predator. We'll hope for the best. Keep us posted.

 

[newlyweds]

She's been on them a couple of weeks, but good idea on the dog, I do have one that could possible flush her out, I will have to try that. But if I could actually find the nest I am curious how many eggs are there, the 2 females have been going off to lay for awhile. But no male guinea for them to be fertile. No chance my rooster (chicken) would have mated with them, lol, but seriously can that happen?

 

[newlyweds]

So new update, I went searching for her this morning with my trusty side kick (cricket) we found her in the hedges with 31 eggs (all infertile)!! I safely moved her to our enclosed coop, where she is not very happy but at least can't get out. How long do you think it will take until she's broken from being broody?

 

[GlennLee]

Oh thank goodness you found her! Big relief. Phew!

Well, I can't speak to all guinea hens, but I took the nest away from mine in the evening one day so she had to roost. I kept her in a day to rehydrate her, fed her mealworms and made sure she was eating her regular chow and then let her outside the next day. BUT mine was nesting in the coop / barn, not outside. And after about a week - she started laying again in another nest inside the coop / barn, but isn't broody - YET!

Since yours was nesting outside, it might take a few days. Maybe check out the chicken sites to see what they recommend on breaking a broody hen or see if someone with more experience posts here.

So glad the hear that you got her.

 

[Angus2914]

I am hoping when they go bad, she will stop. I can't find the nest, she is so sneaky and quite when sitting on them, they are in thick rose and dewberry hedges. I think my best bet is to try to catch her when she comes back to the coop. Just wanted to make sure she won't die trying to hatch those eggs.

I have a similar problem, but a little different. My Guinea is sitting on her eggs in the middle of our garden, and it is starting to rain here in Kentucky. I wonder if I should gather up her and the eggs and put them in a coop, hate it they are in the weather.